Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21171, Obadiah Easten, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
E o Easton, Obadiah or E o Easton
S. 21171
CONTENTS

2249.
Rhode Island Obadiah Easton
of Foster in the State of R.I. who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain [blank] of the Regt commanded by Col [blank] in the R.I. line for [blank]
Inserted on the Roll of R.I. at the rate of 25 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 nd day of Nov r 1832 and due Sept 14 th Atwell Doolittle R.I.
  Arrears to 14th of Sept 1832  $32.99    Pension allowance ending June 23  $13.66         $46.65  
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Not June 7, 1832.
Recorded by [Signature] Clerk Book 5 - Vol. 37 Page 109.

Seal of The Court- Attest W m Watson Clerk
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS.
COUNTY OF PROVIDENCE Ss.
On this thirtieth day of August A. D. 1892 personally appeared in open Court, being a special Court of Common Pleas within and for said County, now in session William Easton a resident of Porter in the County of Providence and State of Rhode Island, aged 75 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832, viz.
I was born in Connecticut on the 20 th June 1719. I have a record of my age kept by my Father in my possession. I lived in Killingly until I was first called to arms in the Revolution. I was always living in this County and the 9 th of September 1777 I entered as a volunteer soldier in Col. Joseph Knowles Company Col. Denison's Regiment Connecticut State Troops, Major H. Clarke in command. We marched in Killingly County & marched to West Chester N.Y. & then crossed the river near Fort Lee. We joined the Army at Morristown in New Jersey in the latter part of September the British were in Philadelphia & New York. We remained there about a fortnight & then marched up to the English neighborhood a short distance from Fort Lee. We were stationed near Fort Lee where Fort Washington was taken by the enemy. We distinctly heard the guns as I voted to be taken here, but the British Shipping prevented us. We stayed in the English neighborhood until the beginning of December when my term being out I was discharged having served three months. In the latter part of December 1776 I enlisted for two months in Capt. Sylvanus Perry's Company Connecticut Militia & marched from Killingly County to Riverdale N.Y. & was stationed there two months. I was quartered in the College. In February or March 1778 I was drafted in Capt. Edward Warren's Company Connecticut Militia & marched from

Said Kirtling to Providence R.I. when I was Stationed two months - I was quartered at the north part of the town - I never received any written discharge & I am now documentary evidence - The testimony of such & many witnesses as I could procure; I remain to be answered. Like John Day of Kirtling Conn. at time, can prove my first services. Daniel H. H. Simon W. H. H. Luke Phillips, Nathan Wood are persons who reside in my neighborhood & who can testify as to my character for veracity & their belief of my services as a soldier of the Revolution.

I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declare that my name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
Obadiah Easton
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. in open Court
Attest. Wm R Watson Clerk
We, Daniel Hopkins & Simon Hopkins
residing in said Fortin hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Obadiah Easton who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 83 years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Daniel Hopkins Simon Hopkins
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. in open Court
Attest. Wm R Watson Clerk
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department; that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Daniel Hopkins & Simon Hopkins who have signed the preceding certificate, resident in said Fortin are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit. I that no charge man resides in the vicinity of said applicant
I, WILLIAM R. WATSON, Clerk of said Court of Common Pleas, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Obadiah Easton for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this seventh day of August in
the year 1832.
Wm R Watson

N o 8172
Abadach Easton of Foster R.I.
Rich
4 Months
papers not proper authenticated admitted
$23.33
S. G. Stone Esq. Gloucester R.I.

BRIEF in the case of  Obadiah Easton of the County of Providence  in the State of R. Island  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 83 years.  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.     Period.  Duration of Service.  Rank.  Names of General and field Officers under whom he served.    Years.  Months.  Days.      In 1776 Sept. 9 th  —  3  —  Private  Gen. Col. Dennison, Capt. Ladd    " Dec.  —  2  —  ditto    "78 July  —  2  —  drifter     5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Stillingsby Ct.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Levin Bolt Examining Clerk.

Reinstated 21171 INVALID.
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[Arrangement of 1870.]

To the Hon. LEWIS CASS
SECRETARY OF WAR OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
HUMBLY REPRESENTS
Obadiah Castin
of
Porto
in the County of PROVIDENCE, State of
RHODE ISLAND; that he was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War as will appear by the annexed documents. He therefore requests that a pension may be granted to him in conformity with the provisions of an Act of Congress passed June 7. 1832, entitled "an Act supplementary to the "Act for the relief of certain Officers and Soldiers of the Revolution"
and in duty bound will ever pray,
Obadiah Castin
by his atty
Sam. G. Atwell
Please enclose me at Providence R.I.
S. G. Atwell

I Theophilus Easton of Killington in the County of Bennington and State of Vermont do hereby certify that I have been personally acquainted with Obadiah Easton of Bristol in the County of Providence in the State of Rhode Island and have been so acquainted sixty five years that I know said Easton was in the United States Service in the State of Connecticut in the time of the revolutionary war and was in said Service at Providence in the State of Rhode Island in further the Dependent saith not to the contrary.
Theophilus Easton
Providence Sept 21st August 3rd 1832 then appeared the above named Theophilus Easton and after being lawfully examined and sworn to testify the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth gave the above deposition which was read up by me in my presence and approved by me in the above named Theophilus Easton is a man of truth and veracity.
Easton August 3rd 1832
William G. Stone Judge of the peace.

Hemphill
State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Providence ss. I William R Watson Clerk of the court of Common Pleas within and for the county of Providence, hereby certify that William G Stone whose name is subscribed within, is a Justice of the peace for the town of Wester in the county of Providence in said State and duly authorized to take depositions and that the signature within written purporting to be his, is in the proper hand writing of said Stone - In Witness whereof, I have set my hand and the seal of said court This seventh day of August in the year 1832 -
W. R. Watson

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